Academic / Research Libraries

Recruiting to the Profession Association of College and Research Libraries webpage provides links to recruitment brochures, videos, and publications, including the "Job of a Lifetime" series published bi-monthly in College & Research Libraries News.

Delaware Valley Chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries offers an annual stipend of up to $1,000 to graduate library students who have demonstrated interest in academic librarianship.

Faces of a Profession, the ACRL/ARL recruitment video, highlights the role of academic librarians and the satisfactions to be realized in the profession. It includes interviews with academic librarians who discuss what they do and why they made their career choices.

The Recruitment to the Profession Committee of ACRL's Western European Studies Section (WESS) promotes academic librarianship as a career path for individuals with foreign language skills by collaborating with various organizations, making presentations, and otherwise disseminating information.

Neely, Teresa Y. and Lorna Peterson. "Achieving racial and ethnic diversity among academic and research librarians: The recruitment, retention, and advancement of librarians of color - a white paper. College & Research Libraries News v. 68, no. 9 (October 2007).

Stevens, Jen and Rosemary Streatfeild. Recruitment and Retention, SPEC Kit 276. Washington, D.C.: Association of Research Libraries, September 2003. See the "Recruitment to the Profession" section on pages 106-119 for descriptions of initiatives at the University of California, Irvine, the University of Delaware, Johns Hopkins University, the Library of Congress, and the University of Pittsburgh.

The Chesapeake Information and Research Library Alliance - CIRLA Fellows Program provides work experience in D.C. area research libraries to graduate library students who are members of underrepresented groups and others who may bring diversity to research libraries. The program is funded by an IMLS grant.